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levirate

Pronunciation: /ˈlɛvɪɹət/

The English word “levirate” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Having to do with one's husband's brother.

noun

  1. A marriage between a widow and her deceased husband's brother or, sometimes, heir.
  2. The institution of levirate marriage.

Etymology

From Latin lēvir (“husband's brother, brother-in-law”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr (“one's brother-in-law”).

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